Skyshow tonight

From kgw.com....

Astronomy buffs will be treated to a cosmic event this weekend courtesy of the
annual Leonid Meteor Shower.

“Just go out there and take a look, even a minute of
two,” said Jim Todd, planetarium manager with the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

He added that the best time to view the meteor shower
will be on Saturday night between 8:30 and midnight.
Observers should look toward the northeast part of the
sky.

Scientists said the annual Leonid Meteor Shower
happens because the Earth passes through a debris
field left behind from the comet Swift-Tuttle.

“What that means is that we’re going to have the
opportunity to see up to 100 meteors an hour,” Todd
explained. Particles comprised of dust and ice, many
no larger than a grain of sand, collide with the
Earth’s atmosphere creating what many people know as
“shooting stars.”